- AAAA1588
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Part of Roderick Forbes MacKenzie fonds
Amateur film. "For the first 90 feet there are many poorly exposed scenic pans of flowing rivers, hills with snow, men walking, and one construction site. Other shots include: a steam train roaring by; a huge explosion in a river (blasting!); men inspecting results of blasting; shovel digging away at blasted rock; rail lines by side of river; a large speeder with rear car and operator; snow; buildings and boxcars along railroad tracks, man leaving (along tracks) for work; shovel working in snowy rock cut; large speeder with open car behind; rock fill being dumped into river in wooden-framed areas by open car pulled and pushed by large speeder; shovel chewing away at rock and loading it onto open car; worker playing with dog; shovel loading open car while another little diesel engine and car pass by; two cars roll up to be loaded by shovel, shovel responds; two men looking on; cars travel along rail and dump their rocks into the water; view of other side of the river, roads, a railway grade possibly, and back to shovel again; good [close-up of] shovel loading cars, cars move off to un-load; long shot of] worksite and river; man with jackhammer working in rock; [long shot of] river with mountain above; another explosion -- more blasting; looks Like some of the railway rock transporting equipment has been damaged, men inspecting; scene of blasting; another series of blasts, debris falls into river; pan along results of blasting; men walking across narrow bridge; two more blasting scenes; a raft casts loose from the shore with rowboats attached, men aboard, and a piece of equipment; scenes along the river, then blasting, again; camera records changed landscape." (Colin Browne)